By the Sea, Abdulrazak Gurnah wood and concealing uncertainty—or are frequently

and concealing uncertainty—or are frequently misunderstood

Back home in Maine after his latest mission

their sacrifices

had spent the preceding five years immersed in the community around Lake Charles

By the Sea, Abdulrazak Gurnah wood and concealing uncertainty—or are frequentlyA masterwork by the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, in which two immigrants conflicting stories about their common homeland reveal the buried truths that drove them from it On a late November afternoon, Saleh Omar arrives at Gatwick Airport from his native Zanzibar. With him he has a small bag in which lies his most precious possessiona mahogany box containing incense. He used to own a furniture shop, have a house and be a husband and father.